2024 Canadian Law Awards winners announced

The following are the winners crowned last night:

Banking & Financial Services Law Department of the Year

• BMO Financial Group

Boutique Law Firm of the Year 

• Smart & Biggar

Canadian Law Department of the Year

• Teck Resources Limited

Capital Markets Deal of the Year 

• Pembina Pipeline Corporation’s $1.28 Billion Offering of Subscription Receipts

Commercial Litigation Team of the Year

• McCarthy Tétrault LLP - Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Facebook, Inc., 2023 FC 533

Diversity Initiative of the Year 

• McCarthy Tétrault LLP - Action Groups

Female Trailblazer of the Year - Academia & In-House

• Christine Chen - University Pension Plan Ontario

Female Trailblazer of the Year - Private Practice 

• Jacqueline Dinsmore - Caravel Law LLP

Infrastructure & Projects Deal of the Year

• Umicore's investment in Ontario, building an EV battery components factory

Insolvency & Restructuring Deal of the Year

• Bank of Montreal's acquisition of Loyalty One's AIR MILES reward business

Law Department Innovation

• City of Vaughan

Litigation & Dispute Resolution Boutique Law Firm of the Year

• Lenczner Slaght

Litigator of the Year 

• Crawford Smith - Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb LLP

M&A Deal of the Year 

• Rogers Communications' $26 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications

Managing Partner of the Year (TIED)

• Allan Ritchie - Loopstra Nixon LLP
• Kevin Kiley - McInnes Cooper

Mid-Market Deal of the Year 

• Sagicor Financial Company Ltd.'s acquisition of ivari

Pro Bono Initiative of the Year 

• McCarthy Tétrault LLP - McCarthy Tétrault’s work with Egale Canada and 2SLGBTQI+ organizations in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick

Regional Law Firm of the Year - Atlantic Canada & Prairies

• Cox & Palmer

Regional Law Firm of the Year - Central Canada

• Torkin Manes LLP

Regional Law Firm of the Year - Western Canada

• Lawson Lundell LLP

The Dye & Durham Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Legal Profession - In House

• Andrea Wood – TELUS

The Dye & Durham Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Legal Profession - Private Practice

• Sheila Block - Torys LLP

The Lawson Lundell LLP Award for Law Department Leader of the Year

• Bindu Cudjoe - Laurentian Bank of Canada

The LEAP Legal Software Award for Best Use of Technology in a Law Firm

• Torys LLP

The LEAP Legal Software Award for Family Law Firm of the Year

• MacLean Law

The Lincoln Alexander School of Law Award for Shaping the Future

• Legal Aid Alberta

The Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP Award for Construction, Infrastructure and Transportation Law Department of the Year

• Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation / (“Infrastructure Ontario” or “IO”)

Visit the Canadian Law Awards website to find more information about the 2024 Winners & Excellence Awardees.